- Date
- February 10, 1980
- Place
- Ocotillo Well, CA · OCOTILLO WELL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4659ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800210002229A
- Case key
- 132251
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0095 80/2/10 NR.OCOTILLO WELL,CA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1860 TIME - 1330 N4659Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 246 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCOTILLO WELLS,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LANDING ON DRY WASH,HIT PWR LINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4659Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4659ZRegistration cancelled May 19, 2015 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.